CARNEGIE  INSTITUTE 


CARNEGIE  LIBRARY  SCHOOL 
APPRENTICE  CLASS 


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CARNEGIE  LIBRARY  SCHOOL 
APPRENTICE  CLASS 


BEGINNING  February  15,  1918,  an  apprentice  course 
of  nine  months  will  be  offered  under  the  direction  of 
the  Carnegie  Library  of  Pittsburgh.  This  course  is  planned 
to  train  applicants  who  are  unable  to  take  a  Library  School 
course. 

The  first  four  months  of  the  course  will  be  a  probationary 
period,  during  which  students  will  receive  instruction  in  library 
theory  and  will  be  scheduled  for  practice  work  under  super¬ 
vision  in  the  Carnegie  Library  of  Pittsburgh  and  its  agencies. 
Students  whose  work  has  been  satisfactory  during  this  period 
will  be  expected  to  take  the  remaining  five  months  of  the 
course,  for  which  time  they  will  receive  the  salary  of  a  half¬ 
time  position. 

The  theoretical  instruction  will  be  along  three  lines,  namely  : 
literary,  political  and  social,  and  technical.  The  technical  in¬ 
struction  will  furnish  preparation  for  certain  positions  in  the 
Carnegie  Library  of  Pittsburgh  which  do  not  require  as  exten¬ 
sive  a  training  as  the  professional  course  of  library  schools. 

It  is  hoped  that  this  class  may  furnish  valuable  preparation 
for  the  more  advanced  work  of  the  Library  School.  To  this 
end  a  high  standard  of  entrance  requirements  and  of  personal 
qualifications  will  be  maintained. 

The  School  reserves  the  privilege  of  withdrawing  the  course 
at  any  time  in  case  there  is  not  a  sufficient  number  of  appli¬ 
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TERMS  OF  ENTRANCE 


Applicants  must  be  eighteen  years  of  age  or  over  and  must 
be  graduates  of  accredited  high  schools,  or  present  evidence  of 
,  an  equivalent  education. 

Candidates  must  show  by  examination  adequate  knowledge 
of  literature,  history  and  current  topics. 

Applicants  are  required  to  present  a  physician’s  certificate 
of  health. 

No  tuition  will  be  charged. 

CERTIFICATE 

A  certificate  will  be  issued  on  successful  completion  of  the 
nine  months’  course.  Apprentices  will  then  be  eligible  for  ap¬ 
pointment  in  the  Carnegie  Library  of  Pittsburgh  to  those  posi¬ 
tions  for  which  the  apprentice  course  furnishes  adequate  prepa¬ 
ration. 

At  the  end  of  the  four  months'  probationary  period,  stu¬ 
dents  who  are  unable  to  continue  the  course  will  be  eligible 
f  for  certain  minor  positions  in  the  Library,  but  no  certificate 

or  other  formal  recognition  will  be  given. 

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GENERAL  COURSE  IN  THE  LIBRARY  SCHOOL 

Beginning  September  25,  1918,  a  course  in  general  library 
work  will  be  offered  by  the  Carnegie  Library  School.  It  is 
hoped  that  graduates  of  the  apprentice  class  will  feel  it  advis¬ 
able,  as  a  means  of  advancement  in  the  library  profession,  to 
take  either  this  course  or  that  which  trains  for  library  work 
with  children. 

A  personal  interview  with  the  supervisor  of  the  class  is 
very  desirable.  Inquiries  regarding  interviews  and  requests 
for  information  about  the  course  may  be  addressed  to  Miss 
Ernestine  Rose,  Carnegie  Library  School,  Schenley  Park, 
Pittsburgh. 


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